Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Dag, yo.
Nope it didn't. Schiesse. I guess that means I have to get a new template or figure out how to put titles in in the current template... I'll have to ask some people I guess. Anyways, I'm not going to change it right now at least. I don't really have time, this has been one of the busiest days of the year (take that back THE busiest day) and it's not over yet I still ahve MVOP.
I HAVE TITLES NOW!!!!
I hope. This is only a test, since Blogger got all of these things now that were for Blogger Pro users only and now are for everybody. Which means that Blogger just got a hell of a lot better.
Instead of filling out another stupid blog quiz thing that pretty much explain the same thing I posted in the last 100 quizzes I did, I noticed an idea of a similar sort of thing... Here goes.
S "Subdivisions" by Rush
P "PReality" by Newsboys
E "Everybody" by Homestar Runner
N "New Country" by Jean-Luc Ponty
C "Clocks" by Coldplay
E "Everybody (Move Your Feet)" by Junior Senior (OK so I kind of played around it a little.)
R "Roundabout" by Yes
L "Lothlórien" by Enya
E "(Kyrie) Eleison" by Mr. Mister (Another one I played around with; OK how many E song names are there)?
N "(I)n The Light" by DC Talk
T "Take Me Away" by Lifehouse
OK so it didn't work as well as I thought. I can't help it. The letters in my name repeat too much.
S "Subdivisions" by Rush
P "
E "Everybody" by Homestar Runner
N "New Country" by Jean-Luc Ponty
C "Clocks" by Coldplay
E "Everybody (Move Your Feet)" by Junior Senior (OK so I kind of played around it a little.)
R "Roundabout" by Yes
L "Lothlórien" by Enya
E "(Kyrie) Eleison" by Mr. Mister (Another one I played around with; OK how many E song names are there)?
N "(I)n The Light" by DC Talk
T "Take Me Away" by Lifehouse
OK so it didn't work as well as I thought. I can't help it. The letters in my name repeat too much.
Monday, September 08, 2003
So yeah the power went out last night for about 2 hours. It was a lot of fun actually. Someone wrote in their away message something like "Power goes out, everyone goes outside. Power is on, everyone goes to sleep." Well yeah. That's how it went. So here is my experience:
12:10. As in ten after midnight. I'm engaged in a not-too-important conversation on AIM with somebody when all of a sudden my computer went out as well as all of the lights, outside as well. It was weird. Pitch black. I could barely see anything. So I stumble to the door, running into the plant and something on dustin's side of the room and open the door. A few people were looking out to see what was going on. The only light we had was emergency lights. I walk out and go to the lounge and look across the street and everything is dark up to Main Street. So the Woods and the New Halls were unaffected by this lack of electricity. Jacob comes by with a flashlight and shines it in my eyes. So I'm wishing I had a flashlight but I remember Dustin had two so I went and got them so we could have light. Not everyone had a flashlight, and I lent one to Bryan to look for his although he couldn't find it. So there were about 8 of us huddled in the lounge and this mob of people is outside screaming and cheering and stuff. We were shining our flashlights on them, they on us. Some REALLY random conversations popped up between the eight of us while we were discussing the situation, and parts of these will be on my quotes page on my website.
Eventually we just sit down and start talking about nothing and stuff like that, the people changed back and forth, bonding was happening. So then, the mob all gathers around and we think there is a meeting so we go downstairs and outside just in time to hear Annette say "Everyone go quietly inside your dorms" so we did although not very quietly. But heck, who was? We weren't loud or anything. Anyway, we go back to the second floor and are just getting the convo back when the RA's said to take it to the first floor because people may be sleeping. OK. No one in my wing was asleep, they were either there or gone. basically everyone on our floor was up or gone. So we weren't sure, but we went to the first floor anyway, and we were there for about 20 minutes, discussing the possibility that we may not have class tomorrow, and how everyone was going to skip and stuff, when ten after 2, power comes back on. First words out of Kristin's mouth were "SHIT!!" Because it was too early for the power to come back on. We were thinking like 5 or 6 the power would come back, so we would be able to miss our classes. But we would be able to get sleep so I'm sure most of us went to our early classes today.
Anyways, that's the experience of the year so far.
12:10. As in ten after midnight. I'm engaged in a not-too-important conversation on AIM with somebody when all of a sudden my computer went out as well as all of the lights, outside as well. It was weird. Pitch black. I could barely see anything. So I stumble to the door, running into the plant and something on dustin's side of the room and open the door. A few people were looking out to see what was going on. The only light we had was emergency lights. I walk out and go to the lounge and look across the street and everything is dark up to Main Street. So the Woods and the New Halls were unaffected by this lack of electricity. Jacob comes by with a flashlight and shines it in my eyes. So I'm wishing I had a flashlight but I remember Dustin had two so I went and got them so we could have light. Not everyone had a flashlight, and I lent one to Bryan to look for his although he couldn't find it. So there were about 8 of us huddled in the lounge and this mob of people is outside screaming and cheering and stuff. We were shining our flashlights on them, they on us. Some REALLY random conversations popped up between the eight of us while we were discussing the situation, and parts of these will be on my quotes page on my website.
Eventually we just sit down and start talking about nothing and stuff like that, the people changed back and forth, bonding was happening. So then, the mob all gathers around and we think there is a meeting so we go downstairs and outside just in time to hear Annette say "Everyone go quietly inside your dorms" so we did although not very quietly. But heck, who was? We weren't loud or anything. Anyway, we go back to the second floor and are just getting the convo back when the RA's said to take it to the first floor because people may be sleeping. OK. No one in my wing was asleep, they were either there or gone. basically everyone on our floor was up or gone. So we weren't sure, but we went to the first floor anyway, and we were there for about 20 minutes, discussing the possibility that we may not have class tomorrow, and how everyone was going to skip and stuff, when ten after 2, power comes back on. First words out of Kristin's mouth were "SHIT!!" Because it was too early for the power to come back on. We were thinking like 5 or 6 the power would come back, so we would be able to miss our classes. But we would be able to get sleep so I'm sure most of us went to our early classes today.
Anyways, that's the experience of the year so far.
Sunday, September 07, 2003
STOP DOING THIS TO ME!!!!! AAAAAAAAAA!!!!
FULL NAME: Spencer Paul Lent
BIRTHDATE: April 20, 1983
ZODIAC SIGN: Depends on the astrologer.
HOW TALL ARE YOU: 5'7" or 8"
HAIR/EYES: Brown with blond highlights/green
WOT COLOUR EYES WUD U LIKE?: I like my eyes
WHAT COLOUR HAIR WUD U LIKE?: Blonde.
WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD: It's blue with raindrops and it says ALLSOP on it.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT POSSESSION: Computer probably
********Favorites...*******
SMELLS: Rain on pavement, fresh pizza, basil, mint, cinnamon, etc.
TOWN TO CHILL: NOT DECATUR. LOL. Except for maybe Millikin. Actually I LOVED london and would go back there any day
ANIMALS: Dogs, cats, fish, horses, monkeys, I don'tknow!.
CARTOON CHARACTER: Hmm.... Homestar Runner? Or perhaps Master Shake because I kind of talk like him
COUNTRY SONG: COUNTRY!?!? Eww... Probably This Kiss by Faith Hill
DANCE MUSIC: Anything with a good beat.
JEANS: Dark blue jeans. I hate the ones that look almost white. And comfy.
COLOUR: BLUE!!!! Especially cerulean blue; dark deep blues with a touch of green in them
DISNEY MOVIE: Fantasia or Perfect Harmony
BANDS: Rush, Yes, After Dark, and too many others.
FOOD: PIZZA or Mexican food (real mexican food not taco bell although they are good).
NUMBER: I don't have one so I'll just say 36.
THE PERSON WHO YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO: Kyle or Melissa or Garrett probably
WHICH FRIEND HAVE YOU KNOWN THE LONGEST: I've known Kevin since I was 7 although we aren't really close friends
WHO DO YOU WISH YOU WERE: I don't know; probably someone with more success in their life
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PET: My dog who is still alive
WHAT ARE YOU ADDICTED TO: FANTA
DO YOU LIKE LOLLIPOPS: Yes. My favorite are those Charms sweet and sour ones but I haven't had those in ages.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW: About how to answer these stupid questions.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF YOUR CHILDHOOD BLANKET: Didn't have one.
WHO WOULD REALLY NAME THEIR KID CHIQUITA BANANA: I HAVE NO CLUE.
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING: I wish it was Saturday so I could sleep in... althogh my schedule this semester is REALLY sleep friendly
WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: 1988 Ford Tempo. Sill drive it.
FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Skyy Blue or Mikes Hard Lemonade. In fact other than wine champagne or beer those are the only alcholoic drinks I've had..
THE GLASS OF WATER HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL: Full.
DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE CORRECT KEYS: Yep. Thanks Mrs. Miheiser.
WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED: Crap. Not like poop crap but like junk crap
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW-UP: Successful happy and a good role model (a music teacher).
NAME A WORD YOUR FRIENDS WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE YOU: Dork or weird would suffice quite nicely
WHAT'S THE STUPIDEST THING YOU EVER DID? Which one?
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW: Clothes
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: Nothing because my webcam is on and I hate that camera sound and clicks and stuff
SAY 1 NICE THING BOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS 2 U: Brada is cool because she a) is a music ed major and b) wears pajamas from '96.
fAVE SODA/POP: FANTA. AND COKE II ROCKED.
Blanket or Stuffed Animal: If you mean what to sleep with, neither, I prefer a pillow.
the Dumper or Dumpee: ????
Purple grapes or green?: Green
*******WORD ASSOCIATION*******
ROCKS: hard
BLUE: YAY
WET: Seal
PEANUT: butter
HAY: yo
PAPER: cut because that was what was written before.
HIT: baseball
*******Have you ever*********
Been in the bathroom of the opposite sex: Yeah
Gone out in public in your pj's: Yeah
found cartoon character attractive: Not really although that Jessica Rabbit...
Called or seen a psychic: NO WAY. Although Ithought about calling Miss Cleo once to tell her to stop using that fake accent
Been on stage: No because I'm not a singer or a musician at all. HECK YEAH.
Gotten in a car accident: Yes......
Cheated on a test: Nope.
HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING: about 32 centinches
WHAT DOES DAVE NEED: Dave needs to talk to his cousin Paul
STUPIDEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE FOR A LAUGH: My cousin when she was like 2 thought it was absolutely hilarious when I put my hand on top of my head.
WHAT IS THE AIR SPEED VELOCITY: Mach3? These sound like Spacey questions.
SOPRANO OR ALTO?: I could sing alto, but I'm naturally a tenor, and I wish I could sing soprano..
TUESDAY?: morning
IS HOCKEY THE BEST SPORT EVER?: No football is.
WHICH PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND: Not sending it to anyone but I know someone will copy paste it. Probably CG or DGP since none of my friend I actually can physically see without the use of a webcam reads this I think except for maybe those in the chateau and they don't have blogs. ThatI know of.
FULL NAME: Spencer Paul Lent
BIRTHDATE: April 20, 1983
ZODIAC SIGN: Depends on the astrologer.
HOW TALL ARE YOU: 5'7" or 8"
HAIR/EYES: Brown with blond highlights/green
WOT COLOUR EYES WUD U LIKE?: I like my eyes
WHAT COLOUR HAIR WUD U LIKE?: Blonde.
WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD: It's blue with raindrops and it says ALLSOP on it.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT POSSESSION: Computer probably
********Favorites...*******
SMELLS: Rain on pavement, fresh pizza, basil, mint, cinnamon, etc.
TOWN TO CHILL: NOT DECATUR. LOL. Except for maybe Millikin. Actually I LOVED london and would go back there any day
ANIMALS: Dogs, cats, fish, horses, monkeys, I don'tknow!.
CARTOON CHARACTER: Hmm.... Homestar Runner? Or perhaps Master Shake because I kind of talk like him
COUNTRY SONG: COUNTRY!?!? Eww... Probably This Kiss by Faith Hill
DANCE MUSIC: Anything with a good beat.
JEANS: Dark blue jeans. I hate the ones that look almost white. And comfy.
COLOUR: BLUE!!!! Especially cerulean blue; dark deep blues with a touch of green in them
DISNEY MOVIE: Fantasia or Perfect Harmony
BANDS: Rush, Yes, After Dark, and too many others.
FOOD: PIZZA or Mexican food (real mexican food not taco bell although they are good).
NUMBER: I don't have one so I'll just say 36.
THE PERSON WHO YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO: Kyle or Melissa or Garrett probably
WHICH FRIEND HAVE YOU KNOWN THE LONGEST: I've known Kevin since I was 7 although we aren't really close friends
WHO DO YOU WISH YOU WERE: I don't know; probably someone with more success in their life
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PET: My dog who is still alive
WHAT ARE YOU ADDICTED TO: FANTA
DO YOU LIKE LOLLIPOPS: Yes. My favorite are those Charms sweet and sour ones but I haven't had those in ages.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW: About how to answer these stupid questions.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF YOUR CHILDHOOD BLANKET: Didn't have one.
WHO WOULD REALLY NAME THEIR KID CHIQUITA BANANA: I HAVE NO CLUE.
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING: I wish it was Saturday so I could sleep in... althogh my schedule this semester is REALLY sleep friendly
WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: 1988 Ford Tempo. Sill drive it.
FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Skyy Blue or Mikes Hard Lemonade. In fact other than wine champagne or beer those are the only alcholoic drinks I've had..
THE GLASS OF WATER HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL: Full.
DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE CORRECT KEYS: Yep. Thanks Mrs. Miheiser.
WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED: Crap. Not like poop crap but like junk crap
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW-UP: Successful happy and a good role model (a music teacher).
NAME A WORD YOUR FRIENDS WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE YOU: Dork or weird would suffice quite nicely
WHAT'S THE STUPIDEST THING YOU EVER DID? Which one?
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW: Clothes
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: Nothing because my webcam is on and I hate that camera sound and clicks and stuff
SAY 1 NICE THING BOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS 2 U: Brada is cool because she a) is a music ed major and b) wears pajamas from '96.
fAVE SODA/POP: FANTA. AND COKE II ROCKED.
Blanket or Stuffed Animal: If you mean what to sleep with, neither, I prefer a pillow.
the Dumper or Dumpee: ????
Purple grapes or green?: Green
*******WORD ASSOCIATION*******
ROCKS: hard
BLUE: YAY
WET: Seal
PEANUT: butter
HAY: yo
PAPER: cut because that was what was written before.
HIT: baseball
*******Have you ever*********
Been in the bathroom of the opposite sex: Yeah
Gone out in public in your pj's: Yeah
found cartoon character attractive: Not really although that Jessica Rabbit...
Called or seen a psychic: NO WAY. Although Ithought about calling Miss Cleo once to tell her to stop using that fake accent
Been on stage: No because I'm not a singer or a musician at all. HECK YEAH.
Gotten in a car accident: Yes......
Cheated on a test: Nope.
HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING: about 32 centinches
WHAT DOES DAVE NEED: Dave needs to talk to his cousin Paul
STUPIDEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE FOR A LAUGH: My cousin when she was like 2 thought it was absolutely hilarious when I put my hand on top of my head.
WHAT IS THE AIR SPEED VELOCITY: Mach3? These sound like Spacey questions.
SOPRANO OR ALTO?: I could sing alto, but I'm naturally a tenor, and I wish I could sing soprano..
TUESDAY?: morning
IS HOCKEY THE BEST SPORT EVER?: No football is.
WHICH PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND: Not sending it to anyone but I know someone will copy paste it. Probably CG or DGP since none of my friend I actually can physically see without the use of a webcam reads this I think except for maybe those in the chateau and they don't have blogs. ThatI know of.
Saturday, September 06, 2003
Last night was a good night. After lighthouse we went to Christina's apartment (I have a slight feeling that now that Dustin is my roommate this is going to be a common occurance), and Dustin and a couple of others ditched us to watch Lord of the Rings in Weber's apartment. So it was Me, Chrissy, Amanda, Nancy, Don, Breanne, Heather, Dan, Caleb, Alisa, and Ashley. Give or take a few because some joined in later and stuff like that. So like last week we played the couch game. That was fun and at one point Don called Ashley Satan because Caleb had gotten her off the couch but then Don called her back on and he called her Satan. That was the funniest moment of the night. Then people started leaving when in walk Weber, Dustin, and Alissa (a different one). They couldn't get through it because they were talking more than watching. The girls in the apartment happen to have an old skool NES (of which I HAVE to get one of within the next year or so because I loved my NES as a kid and I miss it dearly and emulators are not the same), so Weber was bragging how good he was at Super Mario 3 and I'm saying "No way" so we started a two player game which turned to three which turned to 4 when Dustin and Caleb joined. We were going to beat the game all the way through without warps. We got to World 6 but it was getting really late (i.e. 2 in the morning) so we are going to do that again some night not starting so late.
Walk home and discover my shelf had fallen AGAIN so I went to Menard's today to get another bracket for more support. The two I bought didn't fit with the 3M hangers I got since we can't screw anything into the walls which really bites. So I had to go back to menards and I found one the same size only the groove where the hanger thing goes is on the other side and there was only one of them. So I bought that one and will use it for the shelf that keeps falling. The other shelf hasn't fallen yet but last night I discovered that one of the things was cracked so I got more 3M things. So I'm going to hang those things up now.
Walk home and discover my shelf had fallen AGAIN so I went to Menard's today to get another bracket for more support. The two I bought didn't fit with the 3M hangers I got since we can't screw anything into the walls which really bites. So I had to go back to menards and I found one the same size only the groove where the hanger thing goes is on the other side and there was only one of them. So I bought that one and will use it for the shelf that keeps falling. The other shelf hasn't fallen yet but last night I discovered that one of the things was cracked so I got more 3M things. So I'm going to hang those things up now.
Friday, September 05, 2003
So, I'm looking at everyone's away messages right now and most of them say at the UChoir banquet. Envy and sadness go away. You are in Chamber you should be happy. Still I know almost no one (with the exception of those I just met) in Chamber, whereas I know about 95% of those in UChoir. Oh well. Maybe Chamber will have a banquet. If anyone is reading this and is from Millikin and is or has been in Chamber and knows wheather or not there is a banquet let me know. Leave a comment.
Thursday, September 04, 2003
OK first things first.
Tracy is a dorkbutt.
OK now on to news that you may not know.
I made Tudor Voices! So I'm excited. Only 8 people are in that group. And we get to be in the opera so that kicks butt. I get to be in the opera without auditioning. I'm totally psyched. Down side is I can't be in jazz but hey, I would have been in Vocal Jazz Company again which wouldn't be too bad except I wanted to do something a little more challenging. And then OneVoice is going to be weird with Dr. Holmes conducting it this year. But anyway, time for something knew I decided so I got into Tudor. I'm happy.
Had my first lesson with Terry today. And he has helped me already. I have a good feeling he's going to help me the most and what's more I will have him the rest of my college career. YAY NO MORE SWITCHING VOICE TEACHERS!!!! So I'm excited about that too.
MVOP had a lot of people at the meeting last night and even more who signed up at the table at the activities fair who couldn't show up at the meeting so that is REALLY encouraging. I"m excited about that too.
To make a long story short, I have a big feeling that this year is going to be an excellent year.
Tracy is a dorkbutt.
OK now on to news that you may not know.
I made Tudor Voices! So I'm excited. Only 8 people are in that group. And we get to be in the opera so that kicks butt. I get to be in the opera without auditioning. I'm totally psyched. Down side is I can't be in jazz but hey, I would have been in Vocal Jazz Company again which wouldn't be too bad except I wanted to do something a little more challenging. And then OneVoice is going to be weird with Dr. Holmes conducting it this year. But anyway, time for something knew I decided so I got into Tudor. I'm happy.
Had my first lesson with Terry today. And he has helped me already. I have a good feeling he's going to help me the most and what's more I will have him the rest of my college career. YAY NO MORE SWITCHING VOICE TEACHERS!!!! So I'm excited about that too.
MVOP had a lot of people at the meeting last night and even more who signed up at the table at the activities fair who couldn't show up at the meeting so that is REALLY encouraging. I"m excited about that too.
To make a long story short, I have a big feeling that this year is going to be an excellent year.
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
So this is my first post in September. It was weird because so far September has been about 30 degrees cooler than August. It was sooooo hot last week, and it's been cloudy rainy and cool this week so far. I spent Labor Day at Aunt Barb and Uncle Jim's. So that was a break from Decatur although I took about 25 wrong turns so I was on the road about 45 minutes longer than I needed to be. But hey I got there and now I know the right way to get there.
